4 stars of the Moulin Rouge

4 stars of the Moulin Rouge

1. La Goulue ("Glutton")
13 Jul 1866 - 30 Jan 1929
Real name Louise Weber was born into a Jewish family of immigrants from Alsace. In 1889 Charles Zidler invited her to the newly opened "Moulin Rouge". Here she began to dance for the first time chahut (a kind Kankan) with Jacques Rinodina . Louise used to empty glasses customers, for which he received his nickname

La Goulue ("Glutton")
La Goulue became acquainted with Renoir, agreed to be his model, he introduced her to the circle of his models, who posed for artists and photographers. The dancer became synonymous with the cancan and the Moulin Rouge, called her the Queen of Montmartre. In 1895, famous and rich, left La goulue Moulin Rouge.

2 Jane Avril
31 may 1868 - 16 Jan 1943
Jane Avril's real name is Jeanne Bodoni, cancan girl at the Moulin Rouge and the iconic Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec As its predecessor at the Moulin Rouge La Goulue, she began her career at the age of sixteen. Jane avril was self-taught, she's never taken dance lessons.

Jane Avril
With dance improvisations to the waltzes in the restaurant and Bale Buller in 1889 with the number of "Leaping beauty" at the Hippodrome, she started earning their first money. At the opening of the Moulin Rouge 6 Oct 1889 Jane avril gave a solo number, and became, along with La goulue cabaret star.Last made in 1935.

3 Mistinguett
Mistinguett real name is Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois.
At the age of 10 years old has already performed on stage under the pseudonym Miss Ellet, which was later changed to Miss Tingel, then, Mistinguett. In 1909 she was engaged in "Moulin Rouge", where she danced with max Dirli; later, in 1911. I was dancing at the Folies Bergere with Maurice Chevalier, which was novel for about 10 years.
5 April 1875 — 5 January 1956

Mistinguett
Each season, the actress was presented to the audience a new program, impressing the fans splendor of the costumes, which were extremely cumbersome and weighed up to 25 pounds at times. It was called the Queen of the Paris Music hall.In the period from 1925 to 1929 Mistinguett held the post of art Director of the cabaret "Moulin Rouge".In 1951 Mistinguett left the stage

4 Yvette Guilbert
20 January 1865 — 3 February 1944
Yvette Guilbert - French singer and cabaret actress. model. The daughter of a junkman and a hat maker. Worked in the sewing Studio, from the age of 16 .Completed courses of dramatic art.Not satisfied with third-rate roles, began to sing in kafeshantany and music halls. With the support of Charles Zidler, whom he met in 1885, and in 1891 he received an engagement at the Moulin Rouge. Her debut has devoted the first issue of its monthly chronicle in the journal Mensuel